The Future of Computing Performance: Game Over or Next Level?

by National Academies Press, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, et al.

The end of dramatic exponential growth in single-processor performance marks the end of the dominance of the single microprocessor in computing. The era of sequential computing must give way to a new era in which parallelism is at the forefront. Although important scientific and engineering challenges lie ahead, this is an opportune time for innovation in programming systems and computing architectures. We have already begun to see diversity in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309159512
• ISBN13: 9780309159517
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"